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Johannes Hinderbach

Johannes Hinderbach

German catholic bishop

Johannes Hinderbach (15 August 1418 – 21 September 1486) was Prince-Bishop of Trent[1] from 12 May 1466 until his death. He was by birth a member of the Austrian nobility.[2] Prior to his appointment as Bishop, he served as an advisor to the court of Fredrick III.[3]

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He was notable for his involvement in the case of Simon of Trent, a young boy who was found murdered in 1475; Hinderbach blamed the local Jews for his death (see blood libel), executed several of them, and promoted Simon's canonisation as a saint.

The only remnant of Hinderbach's tomb is a still existing memorial slab, exhibited at the Museo Diocesano Tridentino.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    R. Po-chia Hsia (1 September 1996). Trent 1475: Stories of a Ritual Murder Trial. Yale University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-300-06872-6. 'The most reverend and dignified Lord Johannes, by the Grace of God and the Apostolic See Bishop and Lord of Trent' was the fourth bishop by that name. Born on 14 August 1418, in the vicinity of Rauschenberg just outside Kassel in Hesse, Johannes Hinderbach belonged to the first generation of northern humanists.
  2. [2]
    Kristeller, Paul Oskar (1993). "The Alleged Ritual Murder of Simon of Trent (1475) and Its Literary Repercussions: A Bibliographical Study". Proceedings of the American Academy for Jewish Research. 59: 103–135. doi:10.2307/3622714. ISSN 0065-6798. JSTOR 3622714.
  3. [3]
    Israel, Uwe (January 2005). "Reviewed Work: Dai margini la memoria. Johannes Hinderbach (1418-1486) by Daniela Rando". The Catholic Historical Review. 91 (1): 158–160. doi:10.1353/cat.2005.0109. JSTOR 25026802. S2CID 159729584.
  4. [4]
    Obermair, Hannes & Schedl, Michaela (2018). "Art in the Double Periphery: Commissions ordered by the Bishops Johannes Hinderbach and Ulrich von Liechtenstein in Early Modern Trento" (PDF). Concilium Medii Aevi. 21: 53–73. ISSN 1437-904X. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
Preceded by
George II Hack von Themeswald
Until 1465
 Bishop of Trento
1466–1486		 Succeeded by
Ulrich III von Frundsberg


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